2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner

The Romantics: A Novel
Pankaj Mishra
Samar, a young man of limited means, moves to Benares, the ancient city of learning, to lose himself in the world of books. There he meets Rajesh, a poor student, and Catherine, a young French woman, who shows him a very different side of his own country—a…
2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Shortlist

An Obedient Father
Akhil Sharma

Sam the Cat and Other Stories
Matthew Klam

The Last Samurai: A Novel
Helen DeWitt
